Tajikistan: People urged to chip in for hydroelectric project
Yahoo! NewsPosted: April 30th, 2008 by Thomas L. Knapp
“The impoverished Central Asian nation of Tajikistan urged its people on Tuesday to give up their salaries to help build a new hydroelectric plant. … Makhmadsaid Ubaidulloyev, speaker of the upper house of parliament, said on Tuesday the government could raise about $10 million for its construction if all residents of the capital Dushanbe were to give up half their wages in May and June. ‘Makhmadsaid Ubaidulloyev appealed on all companies to transfer 50 percent of employees’ salaries to help Rogun’s construction,’ said Shavkat Saidov, a Dushanbe city spokesman. One of the world’s poorest countries, where the average monthly wage is about $63, estimates the cost of completing Rogun at between $1.3 and $3.2 billion.” (04/29/08)
April 30th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
[…] Tajikistan: People urged to chip in for hydroelectric project“The impoverished Central Asian nation of Tajikistan urged its people on Tuesday to give up their salaries to help build a new hydroelectric plant. … Makhmadsaid Ubaidulloyev, speaker of the upper house of parliament, said on Tuesday … […]
May 1st, 2008 at 12:07 am
[…] Tajikistan: People urged to chip in for hydroelectric project“The impoverished Central Asian nation of Tajikistan urged its people on Tuesday to give up their salaries to help build a new hydroelectric plant. … Makhmadsaid Ubaidulloyev, speaker of the upper house of parliament, said on Tuesday … […]